The 26th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1991 for the second time in Lahti, Finland.
Men's results
20 km individual Date: February 24, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Mark Kirchner 2 1:03:05.7 Alexandr Popov 1 1:03:33.1 Eirik Kvalfoss 2 1:03:38.3
10 km sprint Date: February 19, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Mark Kirchner 0 30:48.1 Frank Luck 1 31:12.8 Eirik Kvalfoss 2 31:27.9
Team event Date: February 21, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Italy Hubert LeitgebGottlieb TaschlerSimon DemetzWilfried Pallhuber 0 1:00:59.8 Norway Sverre IstadJon Åge TyldumIvar Michal UlekleivFrode Løberg 1 1:01:14.0 Soviet Union Anatoliy ZdanovichSergei TarasovSergei TchepikovValeriy Medvedtsev 3 1:01:40.8
4 × 7.5 km relay Date: February 23, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Germany Ricco GroßFrank LuckMark KirchnerFritz Fischer 0 1:33:33.5 Soviet Union Juri KashkarovAlexandr PopovSergei TarasovSergei Tchepikov 0 1:35:01.3 Norway Geir EinangEirik KvalfossJon Åge TyldumGisle Fenne 0 1:35:08.3
Women's results
15 km individual Date: February 24, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Petra Schaaf 0 55:14.9 Grete I. Nykkelmo 4 57:13.4 Iva Shkodreva 1 57:43.3
7.5 km sprint Date: February 19, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Grete I. Nykkelmo 2 30:01.9 Svetlana Davidova 3 30:32.7 Elena Golovina 1 30:35.1
Team event Date: February 21, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Soviet Union Yelena BelovaElena GolovinaSvetlana ParamyginaSvetlana Davidova 20+11 59:08.1 Bulgaria Maria ManolovaSilvana BlagoevaNadezda AleksievaIva Shkodreva 1+11 59:23.1 Norway Synnøve ThoresenSigne TrostenHildegunn FossenUnni Kristiansen 11+2 59:53.2
3 × 7.5 km relay Date: February 23, 1991 MedalNameNationPenaltiesResult Soviet Union Yelena BelovaElena GolovinaSvetlana Davidova 0+2 1:24:54.3 Norway Grete I. NykkelmoAnne ElvebakkElin Kristiansen 0+2 1:25:52.0 Germany Uschi DislKerstin MöringAntje Misersky 0+7 1:28:15.9
Medal table Place Nation Total 1 4 1 1 6 2 2 3 2 7 3 1 3 4 8 4 1 0 0 1 5 0 1 1 2
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